Across
- 2. System where large estate owners employed native workers
- 5. People from Indonesia; dominant ethnic group in region
- 8. Large investor-backed companies that sponsored European exploration
- 10. Small sailing ship created used by the Spanish/Portuguese
- 11. System where Europeans could come to the New World if they agreed to work 3-7 years
- 17. Crossing the ocean; situated on the other side of the ocean
- 18. A form of tribute to the Inca government in the form of labor
- 19. Term used to describe mass spread/movement of a specific population
- 21. A highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever, weakness, and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs
- 23. Large sailing vessel w/ multiple masts and large cargo capacity
- 24. Economic theory by which maritime empires operated; belief in establishing colonies and exporting more than import; focus on wealth
- 25. Infectious viral disease causing a red rash
- 26. One company has control over a single product/good
Down
- 1. Triangular sail that allowed ships to sail against wind
- 3. Mercantilist idea where a country exports more than imports
- 4. Major historical era characterized by European desire for wealth, religion spreading, fame, and desire to get to Asia
- 6. Approximately; referring to an amount time/range of years
- 7. Spanish Conquistador who conquered the Aztecs
- 9. An empire that focuses on controlling trade, rather than people
- 12. National policy of avoiding political or economic entanglements with other countries; ex) Tokugawa Japan and Ming China
- 13. System where Indigenous Americans were gifted to Spanish settlers for labor
- 14. Social hierarchy in Spanish America based on race/lineage
- 15. Navigational device used for directional purposes
- 16. Exchange biological transfer of plants, animals, and disease between the Americas and Afro-Eurasia
- 20. On or relating to the sea
- 22. A term used to describe someone of mixed Spanish/Native American